Derek Jeter retires at the end of the 2014 season. Nike and the Michael Jordan franchise produced a great commercial honoring The Captain which, I must say, made me feel proud to have watched his entire career.
I remember when he and the rest of the Yankees won the World Series in 1996 and the celebrations afterwards. But there was no way I could have known it was the start continuation of Yankee history.
Our moon has two “faces” — the near and the far. We only see one of them because the moon’s orbit doesn’t rotate the way Earth does. But we know from satellites, the two sides are very different. It was once thought the differences between the near, smoother, side that faces us and the far, cratered, side we can’t see with our eyes was due to impacts left behind from meteors and other space objects.
It turns out that’s not entirely true.
I won’t give it away but scientists believe they know why the surface closest to us is almost nothing like the side we can’t see.
via The Loop
I don't know how I missed this from June when I wrote about the 'making of' but Sony Pictures is showing Ghostbusters in theaters for the film's 30th anniversary. About 700 theaters will show the iconic film starting August 29 and you can bet that I will be in one of them.
You also might want to watch the Ghostbusters Tour of New York which I posted to the site two years ago.
Shawn Blanc wrote about what he’s learned from running a business from home. Of course, a good portion of these ideas and recommendations should apply to just about everyone. Even if you don’t run your own business, it’s good to maintain your mental and physical health and a good work/life balance.
I know a few people who could get some value from reading his thoughts.
Apple's update to iOS running on iPhones and iPads has been tested by developers for almost a month. I have it running on my personal device because I'm a sucker for new things even if they won't work right. Without giving too much away, I'm impressed with the changes – and the state of the betas which are much better than the iOS 7 updates (understandably so). Even the update from Beta 1 to Beta 2 felt like a huge improvement and I almost don't even know I'm using unfinished software.
I'd recommend you watch this year's WWDC Keynote to get an idea of everything that's coming (presumably) in the fall. But if you want a better idea of the privacy features that are updated in iOS 8, you should read Luis Abreu's roundup. There are some technical elements to it but I think even the non-developers will appreciate how he talks about the new privacy prompts and settings and what they mean to you, the end user.
via Mac Stories